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compassionate allowance be awarded a gratuity
which shall be at the rate of
asa formid shows) in the case of such officers on
two thrits)
(a)
the permanent establishment,
of a month's
salary for each year of service
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(b) in the case of such officers on the
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emporary establishment-
for each year of service".
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of a month's salary
This addition, it appears to me.
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would be simpler and more in conformity with
at mod gratuities in general. the existing practice in Hong Fore, It is
true that the scale proposed is somewhat more
liberal than that put forward in the draft
enclosed in your despatch, but the amounts in-
volved would in any case be very small.
I have, etc.,
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